From the Dairy Farming Event at Stoneleigh in Warwickshire.
with Eugene Fraser
English Regions: see column 5
6.52 VHF Regional news, weather
Brian Redhead in Brighton at the Liberal Party Assembly and Nigel Rees in London
with Eugene Fraser
7.52 VHF Regional news, weather
Nigel Rees in London and Brian Redhead in Brighton
8.35 News headlines, weathers papers and sport
3: Alarums and Excursions
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The Love Affair of the Century 4: 1945-1955 Exports, Suez and the Little Tin Box
The recollections of SIR ALEC
JSSIGONIS, ALEX MOULTON , SIR MILES THOMAS, JOHN THORNLEY and WHITNEY STRAIGHT.
Exports to America, the Suez Canal oil crisis, and the birth of the Mini. Written and narrated by Brian Robins Producer JOHN HASLAM
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Presented by Susan Denny Producer BERNARD TATE
NE:M, p 21; Jesus, blessed (BBC bb 203); Psalm 15; Mark 8, vv 11-21 (hsv); Jesus is this dark world's light (BBC HB 519)
Today's author is H. G. WELLS Martin Muncaster reads A.Vision of Judgment
"... Then suddenly God bent forward and took this man in his hand. " Did he do all this? " said the Lord God....'
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The Money or Your Life?
The industrial disasters of Seveso and Flixborough hit the headlines, but workers have long been facing the risks to health and life inherent in modern industry. Such risks as toxic chemicals, dust and even noise are weighed, and 'acceptable ' levels are determined, but who makes the decision - workers, unions, employers or experts?
Roger Cook asks the question. Producer RITCHIE COGAN
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Bridget Boland shares some of the gardening wisdom she and her sister learnt from the countrymen and women.
Presenter Nancy Wise
12.55 medium only
Weather and programme news VHF Regional news and weather
Introduced by Brian Widlake
medium only from 2.0
Introduced by Sue MacGregor Guest of the Week:
Penelope Gilliatt - writer and critic.
2.0-2.2 News
Decoy: PAT STACKE describes how she identified a back street abortionist.
If I had a Sabbatical - 3: CLARE SLATER would join a Zen Contemplative Community.
A Pick of the Paperbacks: chosen by JUNE KNOX-MAWER and EDWARD BLISHEN.
The Princess Priseilla's Fortnight (13)
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Story: Habie's Pipes by MOIRA HERITAGE
by MIKE WALKER based on a Chaucerian tale
A freezing cold winter, a time of plague, a time when, quite literally, Death stalks the earth. Three men decide to find Death, kill him and steal his gold. 'It's cold down there, brother. Cold in the ground cold travelling no here
Music specially composed and conducted by DAVID CAIN
DOREEN WALKER (contralto) NICHOLAS MCGEGAN (flute)
CHRISTOPHER WILSON (lute)
NIGEL SHIPWAY (percussion) Directed by DAVID SPENSER
Jack Brymer dips into his fund of stories about music and musicians: records
The House of the Seven Flies 8: A Dive into Danger
Presented by Brian Widlake
Sir Bernard Lovell considers some of the personal pleasures that survived the trials of life. Producer JOHN KNIGHT
5.55 medium only
Weather and programme news VHF Regional news; weather
Including Financial Report
10: Baby Talk
Written by PETER SPENCE Producer SIMON BRETT
(Repeated: Friday 12.27 pm)
(Repeated: Thursday 1.30 pm)
The villages of the last century may have lived up to our cherished ideals, but a 20th century of change has left its mark on rural England. What effect has increasing urbanisation and mechanised agriculture had on life in isolated villages, and who are the ' new ' villagers?
Andy Price visits Sussex, the Cotswolds and Northumberland to examine the new way of life in rural villages.
Producer MARLENE PEASE (Revised repeat)
In the last of four programmes Magnus Magnusson investigates some of the strands and threads in the history of Ireland, with the evidence of the people who lived it and created it.
4: A House Divided-1893-1921
We hereby proclaim the Irish Republic as a sovereign independent state and pledge our lives to the cause of its freedom. (PATRICK PEARSE ) We must be prepared, the morning Home Rule passes, ourselves to become responsible for the government of Ulster.
(EDWARD CARSON )
With JIM NORTON , KEVIN FLOOD, J. G. DEVLIN , MICHAEL TUDOR BARNES, ROSIN DONAGHY and ALARIC COTTER
Producer HELEN FRY
(Repeated: Friday 11.5 am)
In a unique set of recordings, drawn from the BBC Sound Archives, several great figures from the past are recalled by people who were fortunate enough to meet them.
4: Sir John Rothenstein and Admiral Sir Casper John remember Augustus John
Presented by Jacky Gillott
Douglas Stuart reporting, including reports from the Liberal Party Assembly in Brighton
Vladimir Horowitz
A musical portrait of one of the supreme piano virtuosi of our time introduced by Edward Greenfield. gramophone records
Tender is the Night (18)
Malcolm Billings looks at the sport and the people who follow it. 3: Fly Fishing
Weather report and forecast followed by an interlude
